Beer City, USA

Beer City, USA is the story of Grand Rapids, Michigan told through its love of beer.

Manitou Films is producing an independent documentary television miniseries that celebrates the unique culture of our city’s brewing industry, from the 1830’s to the present day.

We will discover why the greater Grand Rapids area has earned the title of Beer City, USA by taking our audience on a journey to Founders, Bell’s, New Holland, Short’s, and dozens of other local craft breweries and taprooms in West Michigan, as well as distributors, retailers, home brewing clubs, major festivals, and the Grand Rapids Community College craft brewing program.

Our story will be told by the brewery owners, head brewers, home brewers, historians, breweriana collectors, city leaders, journalists, tourists, mug club members, and beer aficionados who make Grand Rapids the best beer scene in the nation.

If you’ve come this far, please pour yourself a pint of your favorite local craft beer and consider supporting this project.

Support The Production And Get Your Beer City Gear At:

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Get Your Beer City Gear At:

Goals of Beer City, USA

  • Capture the stories of Beer City, USA to highlight our local craft beer scene
  • Preserve Grand Rapids beer history
  • Promote tourism in West Michigan to a nationwide audience
  • Re-engergize our local consumers and foster pride in our beer community
  • Showcase West Michigan as a great place to live, work and play
  • Support workforce development by showing why breweries are a cool place to be employed
  • Recruiting and retention of young professionals across all industries in our region
  • Plant a flag in the ground that shows the world we are Beer City, USA

Support The Production
And Get Your Beer City Gear At:

Goals of Beer City, USA

  • Capture the stories of Beer City, USA to highlight our local craft beer scene
  • Preserve Grand Rapids beer history
  • Promote tourism in West Michigan to a nationwide audience
  • Re-engergize our local consumers and foster pride in our beer community
  • Showcase West Michigan as a great place to live, work and play
  • Support workforce development by showing why breweries are a cool place to be employed
  • Recruiting and retention of young professionals across all industries in our region
  • Plant a flag in the ground that shows the world we are Beer City, USA

Support The Production
And Get Your Beer City Gear At:

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